Looks like Google wants its own Apple M1 success story

But will it even matter?

Ever since Apple made its own fancy custom CPU with its M1 chip, we’ve been starting to see rumors about other tech giants making their own silicon. First it was Microsoft, and now we hear that Google is looking to make its own processors for Chromebooks and tablets running Chrome OS.

After revealing its own Tensor chipsets will power its upcoming Google Pixel 6 phones, it seems like Google is going to be using its tensor processing units (TPUs) in some upcoming chips for its laptops, according to a report from Nikkei Asia, though the company wouldn’t confirm that it’s actually happening. Though, given that it’s using the TPUs for its upcoming Pixel 6 smartphone, it’s not much of a stretch that Chromebooks could follow soon.

The report claims that these rumored processors would make their way into upcoming Chromebooks in 2023, which is still a while out. It also doesn’t list any specifications for the processors, but given that it would be for Chrome OS devices, we probably shouldn’t anticipate seeing anything mind-blowing in terms of performance.